Wagon hay-rack.



J. S. MYERS.

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Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

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WAGON HAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

Application filed January 11, 1918. Serial No. 211,361.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB S. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hagerstown, in the county of Washington and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon Hay-Racks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to wagon hay-racks and particularly to wagon hay-racks of that type provided with means for facilitating the loading thereof by means of a hay loader.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a novel construction of loading carriage for receiving and conveying the initial portion of the load forward upon the hayrack, thus doing away with the hard labor customarily employed for this operation, and which is so constructed as to be easily and{ conveniently operated from the hayrac A further object of the invention is to provide a loading carriage which lies close to the bed of the hay-rack and occupies as small a space as possible, which will effectually sustain and distribute the weight of the load, and which is guided and held securely against tilting or lateral displacement.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the wagon hay-rack and the loading carriage thereon.

ig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged front end elevation of the wagon-rack and carriage as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse section on the plane indicated by the line 47-4: of Fig. 1.

Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views showing slight modifications.

Referring now more particularl to the drawings, 1 desi nates a wagon hay-rack which may be, with the exceptions hereinafter noted, of ordinary general construction, and mounted upon any suitable type of running gear, as commonly used in hay wagons. This rack, which may be provided or not with a ladder or upright, comprises a pair of longitudinal beams 2 connected at spaced intervals by transverse main beams 3. These main beams 3, as shown, carry sill blocks 4 upon which are mounted sill bars or boards 5, forming side guards and the rails'of a track arranged above the level of the bed of the rack frame, formed by the beams 2 and the cross bars 3. The boards 5 are mounted upon end extensions of the beams 3 which project laterally beyond the bars 1, and secured to the bars 1 are shorter cross bars 6 of less length than the beams 3 and projecting across the rack a distance equivalent to the distance between opposing sill blocks.

Mounted for travel upon the track rails 5 is a loading carriage 7 comprising a pair of central or main longitudinal bars 8 and cross bars 9 and 10 suitably secured together, the carriage also having longitudinal bars 11 connected with the ends of the bars 9 and 10 on the outer sides of the bars 8, said bars 11 being arranged between the bars 8 and the ends of the bars 9 and 10.

The carriage 7 is mounted for travel upon the track rails 5 from end to end of the truck frame 1, and to this end are arranged for travel upon suitable rollers 12 and 13. The rollers 12 are carried by axles journaled in bearings 14 countersunk in the bars 6, and are engaged by the bars 11 which rest thereon and form shoes or rails upon the carriage, whereby the body of the carriage is mounted for rollin travel over the bed of the rack frame. he bars 11 are preferably made of metal and are provided at their outer longitudinal edges with down turned flanges 15 for engagement with the rollers to hold the carriage from sidewise movement and to cause it to travel always in a direct longitudinal line.

The rollers 13 are mounted upon axles journaled in the depending arms of inverted U-shaped bearing brackets 16, arranged in pairs beyond opposite sides of the carriage for travel upon the respective rails 5. The arms of these brackets 16 project downwardly at the sides of the track rails 5 in the form of extensions 17 and 18 which run in guided engagement with the side edges of the track rails and hold the brackets and rollers from sidewise or lateral movement. Secured to the upper cross piece of the U- shaped bracket 16 are horizontal longitudinal side boards 19, arran ed with the roller bearing brackets, beyon the sides of the rack bed and above the level thereof, whereby side guards are formed to sup ort the sides of the load of hay to hold t e same securely upon the rack and carriage any possibility of lateral displacement.

The roller bearing brackets 16 are carried by the upright arms 20 of L-shaped bracket irons 21, the horimstal arms 22 of which rest upon the upper surfaces of the cross bars 9 and 10 of the carriage and are secured thereto by spaced bolts 23. The bolts 23 are adapted to p ss through certain aper' tunes of a series of apertures 24 in the arms 22, whereby the bracket irons a e adjusta'bly secured to the bars 9 and 10 for spooing the roller bearing brackets 16 a greater or less distance apart, and thereby adapt ing the loading oarria for application to wagon racks Varying n width. The vertical arms 20 of the bracket irons are also providfi with seri s of apertures 25 for the passage of screws or bolts adj stably securing the roller brackets 16 thele whereby the brackets may hedis osed at different elevations according to e height or level of the track surfaces 5 above the bed of the hay wagon rack, revision thus being made for mounting e carriage u on ha. wagon racks Va i to some considerab e extent in size. 1; wi 1 he observed from the foregoing description that the beds the wagon ha rack and of the carriage bod; proferliv ie in close proximity to each other an be ow the level of the track rails and the roller bearin 13, whereby 3 construction is secured a. a tin the carriage to lie at a comparatively ow oval and to occupy but a small amount of space, the a!" rangement being also such that the bottom of the load weight of hay will rest in a, cradle and be supported by the trad; rails and held by the sides of the loadin carriege against later-a1 displacement, it 1 ring understood that uprights may also be employed to assist in retaining the load of hay in position. Furthennore, it will be hat the total weight of the load will not rest upon any single series of roller healings, out will be distributed betw en the sets of hearings, thus enabling the arriage o be moved with ease and facility and the load to be supported upon the structure in a suitalble manner.

In the use of the device, it will he undexstood that the carriage is initially arranged at :one end, usually the rear end of the w on rack ed to receive a portion of the 1 from the loader, the carriage then being moved to the opposite end of the wagon rack bed to convey this portion of the load to that point, leaving the end of the Wagon rack bed ex ed or open to remine the remainder o the load from the loader. 3; this means the portion of the hay nsu y pitched from the rear to the forward end of the wagon hay-rack by hand may be initially received from the loader directly upon the carriage and transported to the from end of the wagon hayrack, whereupon the rear end of the wagon hay-rook may also be filled directly from the loader, thus doing away with the hand labor in loading customarily employed and at the same time facilitating and expediting the loading operation. In unloading the reverse action ma take place that is to say, the be me fi rst b unloaried from the rear and o the ay agon rack and the carriage then mo ed rearwardly and the hay dumped or otherwise unloaded theref om thus facilitating the operation of unloading. The ad antages of my in mtmn 111 aoeordangly be apparent from the foregoing description.

For the purpose oi moving the carriage forward and backward, any suitable im f op rating m chanism may be employed- In the present instance I have shown a w ndlam at the from; of the wagon roo ed for moving the carriage forwardly, such indlass comprismg a winding shaft 26 gournaled in bearings -27 and ha ing at one end an operati e crank 2 .8 A rope or col ide 29 is wound at one and about said shaft, secured at its opposite end to the forward end of the wag n rack f ame. as at 30, and passed around a pulley 31 on the forward cross bar 10 of the earrings, whereby he cable may be wolmfi and unwo nd in an obvious manner to poll the carriage forward and to permit it to travel ackward.

It ill be oloserred my invention pr ides e inovablo loading carriage which n t onlfaollitatos the operations of loadirlgg an unloading, but which rt ilvideg far t e reception and sup rtmg' o e weig t of th hay and the ri grihution of its bad weight in :a reliable and eflcctive Humor, and that, as the weight oi the load s distributed between the roller hear ng on easy running motion of the carriage will he socured and inding thereof efie tually we vented In Fig. 5 I have shown a, slight modification '.in which 7 ved wooden bars 10 are provided in li u of the hats 11a and in Fig. 6 another slight modification is shown in which channeled metal bars 10 are provided n lieu of the bars 1L Having thus fully described my invention, I claim;

1. A wagon rack comprising a Wag n llfifiik bed having ele ated side rails forming a track, rollers a ranged at in e als upon the raok bed belo the level o the brook, a carriage disposed for m vement ond is of the rack bed belo the level of the ails, t ck rails upon the carriage esting and trawe'ilng upon Said 1 911 135, h odfi ifl' brackets at e sides of the earnie projecting 11pwardly and outwardly an int overhanging t e track rails of the rack frame, and rollers carried by said bearing brackets to travel upon said track rails.

2. A Wagon rack comprising a rack bed having side rails elevated above the level thereof and forming a track, rollers upon the raok bed at intervals along the length thereof, a carriage movable longitudinally of the rack bed below the level of said traxzk rails, rails upon the carriage to travel upon said rollers, hanger brackets overhanging the track rails of the rack body, rollers earried thereby to travel upon said track rails, and supporting connections between said hangers and the carriage, said connections being adjustably connected with the carriage and with said brackets.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB S. MYERS.

Witnesses:

IRA R. SMITH, FANNIE B. MYERS.

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